Arbours offer individual and group psychotherapy for a range of emotional problems including those relating to critical life events. These critical event might be bereavement, anxiety, depression, marital breakdown, redundancy, abuse, eating disorders, gender, race and sexual issues. Their aim is to encourage people to come to them as a first rather than a last resort. …

Depression Alliance merged with Mind on 1st August 2016 so use the Mind website for further information on depression. For almost 40 years, Depression Alliance has been bringing people together to end the loneliness and isolation that can come with depression. Raising awareness and campaigning to improve attitudes towards depression has been central to Depression…

Depression UK is a National Self-Help Organisation that helps people cope with their depression. The charity is run by a team of volunteers. Depression UK does not have a local group network within their own organisation, they are just one large national group, but with the obvious benefits that go with that. Offer mutual support and encourage…

Phone: 0870 7744 320 (this line is only for obtaining general information about Depression UK, and is answered only when their volunteers are free to do so; it is not a Helpline)

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services have been developed to provide talking therapies for anyone who is: Feeling down, low or depressed Feeling stressed or anxious Finding it hard to control worrying Anxious in social situations Experiencing panic attacks Experiencing flash backs of traumatic events Caught up in excessive washing or checking Experiencing anxiety,…

This free stop smoking service aims to help people to give up smoking. They provide advice, support and encouragement to help you stop smoking for good. Based at Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital, there are a number of clinics throughout the borough where this service is provided. What do they offer? – trained advisers to…

The National Bullying Helpline is a private voluntary run helpline. Their service is aimed at everyone bullied at work, at home, in the community or in education. The volunteers have a great experience in dispute resolution and employment law. They will advise you on the best course of action regarding your bullying or harassment situation….

Relate claims to be the UK’s largest provider of relationship support, and every year they help over a million people of all ages, backgrounds and sexual orientations to strengthen their relationships. Their services include Relationship Counselling for individuals and couples, Family Counselling, Mediation, Children and Young People’s Counselling and Sex Therapy. They also provide friendly and informal workshops for people at important stages in…

Saneline – Mental Health Helpline SANE runs a national, out-of-hours mental health helpline offering specialist emotional support and information to anyone affected by mental illness, including family, friends and carers. They are open every day of the year from 4.30pm to 10.30pm . SANE responds to 15,000 calls each year. Often this means helping people to deal with very difficult…

The Seroxat User Group was set up by UK patients using the medication, to provide support and advice to users and to their families and friends. It provides a website with online support and advice about Seroxat anti-depressant medication and other SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors). This website contains information about the aims of the group,…

Shared Lives, a community based service for adults with learning disabilities and other social care needs in Lambeth, and is being delivered now by Grace Eyre in place of Mencap. The service enables people with learning disabilities and other social care needs to live life to the full in their community without having to live on their…

Shelter’s London advice line offers free specialist advice on housing issues across all London boroughs. This includes advice on debt, welfare, and guidance on access to accommodation and available local services. If you are eligible for legal aid, Shelter London’s legal services offer advice and court representation in cases including possession hearings, evictions and ASB…

Smoking Clinic – Maudsley Hospital This is a specialist service, available to people living or working in Southwark. You need to be referred to this service and the email for making referrals is: SmokingCessation@slam.nhs.uk The tobacco dependence clinic provides support and treatment for people who want to stop smoking. The clinic is suitable for smokers…

This free stop smoking service aims to help people to give up smoking. They provide advice, support and encouragement to help you stop smoking for good. Based at Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital, there are a number of clinics throughout the borough where this service is provided. What do they offer? – trained advisers to…

The Southwark Wellbeing Hub is delivered by Together for Mental Wellbeing and joint funded by Southwark Clinical Commissioning Group and Southwark Council. They provide information and support to people with mental health and wellbeing issues living in Southwark. They offer Information, Navigation – information about local services, Support, Peer support and Wellbeing workshops. They also support family,…

Community Cafe Free coffee and cake on Thursday afternoons, 2-4pm. Meet other people, relax and find out more about the timebank. HOurBank Borough The HOurBank is a way for people to share their skills with each other. If you do a job for someone else you can get someone to do a job for you. …

Tavistock Relationships is internationally renowned as an organisation delivering and developing advanced practice, training and research in therapeutic and psycho-educational approaches to supporting couples. They deliver professional training to the next generation of couple therapists and provide clinical services to couples and parents throughout London. They provide a range of affordable counselling and psychotherapy services which…

The Awareness Centre is one of the largest clinical institutes in London and they provide counselling, psychotherapy, psychology, psychosexual and relationship therapy, psychiatry and coaching. They work with individuals, couples, families, children and groups. Their philosophy offers an holistic overview of many different approaches to therapy supporting the diverse community of London. They have a team…

Thrive Battersea Garden Project offers a gardening programmes to over 200 Londoners in four gardens in Battersea Park, and at community based outreach projects. The Main Garden on East Carriage Drive is also where our London office is based. Thrive also work in the Herb Garden near the Albert Gate entrance to the Park. They have designed…

At the Traumatic Stress Service TSS (Maudsley Hospital) they provide assessment and treatment for people, aged 18-65, throughout the United Kingdom. They are based at the Maudsley Hospital. They aim to reduce the level of distress experienced by people who suffer psychological difficulties following a traumatic experience, often known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The TSS…